CREDENCE (Bassline)
As recorded by Opeth
From the 1999 Album STILL LIFE
Music by Opeth
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Martin Mendez'
Intro
H.=65
6/4
Gtr I
W H 8x W +H
||-----------------||-||------------------|
||o---------------o||-||o-----------------|
||o---------------o||-||o-----------------|
||-----------------||-||--5--------(5)----|
W +H E E +Q +W W +H
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-0h6-(6)--(6)--------|-6--------(6)----|
|-5--------(5)----|---------------------|-----------------|
1.,2.,3.
W +H +W +H H +W +H W 4x
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------o||
|-7--------(7)----|-(7)--------(7)----|-7----(7)--------|-(7)-----------o||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------12\-----||
4.
W +H +W +H
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-7--------(7)----|-(7)--------(7)----|
|-----------------|-------------------|
W +H +W +H H. H.
|-----------------|-------------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|---------------|
|-7--------(7)----|-(7)--------(7)----|-5-------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|---------5-----|
W +H H. H.
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3--------(3)----|-----------------|
|-----------------|-5-------4-------|
H Q E Q. Q W H W +H
|---------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|----------5s===|=7--------(7)----|
|-------5---5h7----5--|-5-------------|-----------------|
|-0----(0)------------|---------------|-----------------|
1st Verse
H. Q +Q Q H. E.. +S. E. Q
||---------------------|-----------------------|
||o--------------------|-----------------0-----|
||o--------------------|---------0---(0)-------|
||--5-------x--(x)--5--|-5------------------3--|
H. H Q H. E E Q Q 4x
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------o||
|--------------3--|-0-----------/3--2--o||
|-0-------x-------|---------0-1---------||
H. Q +Q Q H Q e E Q q
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|------/7p=5---------|
|--------------------|------------5h6--7--|
|-5-------x--(x)--5--|-5------------------|
H. H Q H. E Q E E E
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|--------------3--|-0--------------3-2----|
|-0-------x-------|---------0-1--x--------|
H. Q +Q Q H. E.. +S. E. Q
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------0-----|
|--------------------|---------0---(0)-------|
|-5-------x--(x)--5--|-5------------------3--|
H. H Q H. H Q
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------3--|-0-------3----2--|
|-0-------x-------|-----------------|
Chorus
H +Q Q Q Q +H H H
||---------------------|----------------------|
||o--------------------|--------(3)s===(5)----|
||o-----------5s=3p=0--|-(0)------------------|
||--6----(6)-----------|----------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q +Q E. +S Q Q H. 6x
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|-0--(0)-2-----0-----o||
|-5--0----------------|-----------3--------o||
|----------0--1--(1)--|---------------------||
2nd Verse
H. Q +Q Q H. E.. +S. E. Q
||---------------------|-----------------------|
||o--------------------|-----------------0-----|
||o--------------------|---------0---(0)-------|
||--5-------x--(x)--5--|-5------------------3--|
H. H Q H. E E Q Q 3x
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------o||
|--------------3--|-0-----------/3--2--o||
|-0-------x-------|---------0-1---------||
H. Q +Q Q H Q e E Q q
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|------/7p=5---------|
|--------------------|------------5h6--7--|
|-5-------x--(x)--5--|-5------------------|
H. H Q H. E Q E E E
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|--------------3--|-0--------------3------|
|-0-------x-------|---------0-1--x---0----|
Chorus
H +Q Q Q Q +H H H
||---------------------|----------------------|
||o--------------------|--------(3)s===(5)----|
||o-----------5s=3p=0--|-(0)------------------|
||--6----(6)-----------|----------------------|
1.,2.,3.
Q Q Q Q Q +Q E. +S Q Q H. 4x
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|-0--(0)-2-----0-----o||
|-5--0----------------|-----------3--------o||
|----------0--1--(1)--|---------------------||
4.
H +Q Q Q Q H +Q Q Q Q W +Q Q
|--------------------|--------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------5s=3p=0--|-----------(5)s=(3)p=(6)--|-------------------|
|-6----(6)-----------|-6----(6)-----------------|-6--------(6)--5---|
Outro
Q=60
4/4
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----7-7-/3-3-2-2-|----7-7-/3-3-2-2-|----7-7-/3-3-2-2-|----7-7-/3-3-2-2--|
|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0----------------|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----7-7-/3-3-2-2-|----7-7-/3-3-2-2-|----7-7-/3-3-2-2-|----7-7-/3-3-2-2-|
|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E 3x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o----7-7-/3-3-2-2-|----7-7-/3-3-2-2-|----7-7-/3-3-2-2-|----7-7-/3-3-2-2--o||
||--0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0-----------------||
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing
16ths
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